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MEDFOIiD MXIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON", SUNDAY, MAY 29, 1932.
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By Arthur Perry
Plain and fancy lying contlnuea to
rage In city and country, and many
tonguea are fastened In the middle
and wiggling at both ends. "Truth
crushed to arth shall rise again."
nswulatavisw, Vi nnat Tf aha rlaaa
in Jackson county, after the tramp-
ling of tin tait so aaya. it win bt
Miia. aitlalv t an Iron mnatltlltlnn.
Jtvery auto truck In the state, ran
ow Truth twice.
Dubietu waion. submerged ! ROT this PFay "t to be. Although the final election
in a new pr. of corduroy pant which j is over four months away, and the rascals were driven out,
n"Jm"ZlZl(or re to,dl ?NLY A WEEK AGO, the people of
Watson boy ana baa not run off this community are again informed that law and order have
this yr. yet. I
A number of Espee big buga were !
her during th. wit.
Money continue! scarce and hard j
bttnitm.nZeduc'nVo":!5"118 to be t!1
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Raying la underway. There will I
be no hay, and If there was, It would
sot bring 260. per ton.
The Dot Perklne rose buah on the
nmv. Clubikl mDui has etarted to
bloom, and ii the target ot many j
Compliment. j
0. Von der Hellon of Wellen town
el last fiat.. He was none to cheerful
over any subject, you could mention.
The woods will soon be ry enough
for a olgarette to start a conflagra
tion. e
Quit a few messes of fish were
aught laat week. The phenomena
did not causa Rogue River to run up
hill. The 1032 grist of graduates are be
Ing turned loose on the world.
The motorcycle season haa atarted
with a bang, and the addicts are
developing the habit of stopping in
the middle of the Main Stem to dis
cuss with each other how the Ignition
la working.
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Feathered creatures are pestering
the farmers, removing the corn from
the earth faster than the tillers can
plant It.
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"I am etlll driving my old car,"
aid one of the Older Olrls laat week,
while under the Impression that no
body knew she was driving a brand
nsw one. She tried to cover her de
ception by cussing Mr. Hoover and
the taxee and remarking about the
lack of dust on the country roads.
A Terse family went through Frl.
It waa their 18th annual migration
up this way and they find It more
agreeable to etarve to death among
trangere than among friends.
Dudes are sporting straw hats,
mostly laat years crop.
There wilt be A social event next
month, requiring the melas to don
parrow-talled coats.
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The ethae la hearing completion
And will add to the architectural
beauty of the western horlron and
for A wonder has not been the cause
of A legs) civil war.
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O. Porter haa been doomed to the
legislature.
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Indication Indicate there will be
more prospective postmasters than
Autumn leavea.
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The Andy Oump association of the
Rogue continues to fight like hell.
And bleed at every pore for the farm
are and the workers and anybody
with A vote. More hooey wae dis
tributed and swallowed to date, than
In any similar period to the memory
of man.
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Clarence Darrow, the A-l lawyer.
Appeared at the Holly last week. He
is the best stty. In the world, also
omethlng of a thinker. We have
many lawyers just aa homely ae
Olarenoe.
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The Older Olrla have greased up
their electric fana In anticipation of
some torrid weather.
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Moat of the lawns and whiskers
Deed trimming. i
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RuMla'a treat autmnobllfl factory la
falling. Th worker engaged to Insert
bolt no. ss tnee No. B9 to ahow how
free he la (Hartford, Conn Times.)
efficiency under the Soviet,
Broken windows glaae4 by Truff
bridge Cabinet WoxU.
Why Not a One-Year Franchise?
HPHE question of the California Oregon franchise is coming
up again before the council this week.
We regard this as a very important matter. We feel
strongly that the people of Medford should have all the facts
concerning it, and heartily approve of the publication of the
terms of that franchise.
But there are other matters surrounding this agreement
almost as important as its terms, and in this direction the
conomic developments of the next year may be of great im-
portance,
All things considered, we believe it would be to the inter
ests of the people of this city, if the council would sign i
franchise for one year only at this time.
During this year many things that are not now clear would
be clear. Many things the people don't understand, would be
understood.
We repeat, when the people know all .the facts regarding a
problem, they can be depended upon to be fair about it. During
this year they could get the
We feel that such a solution of the problem would be
essentially fair alike to the people of Medford and the California
Oregon Power company.
And in this, as in other public matters, that is all the Mail
Tribune is interested in a SQUARE DEAL, to all concerned
Its Up to the Grand Jury!
TlfE HAVE absolute faith in
" and fairplay of i,r,e people
Given all the facts regarding
the people as a whole, can be
right and fair.
We had hoped that with
paign, all this table-thumping
pravity in the publio life of this
for a few weeks at least, we would be allowed a breathing spell
a uci(i interval during which we might go on about our
I o o
business somewhat as usual,
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so completely broken down that
be formed to clean up this sink of
and boodle gnatcherg at '
of unarmed men are still safe in
Vigilance committee is established.
KJOW we ask the people of
' all fairness if a more serious
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- vuimuuuii cuuiu ue uuuumvcu. no huh. uiciu
in all fairness, if the time has
nl,,:f,, np u:B nl,nT,0 wti.M,
election and is repeated now,
and for all.
And we also ask them AGAIN in all fairness if the place
to establish that truth or falsity, is not before the body provided
by law. namely the regularly drawn grand jury which is NOW
IN SESSION.
The Mail Tribune made this demand before, and the
answer was that such action would mean a "hearing of the
gang, for the gang and by the gang."
Is this to be the "alibi" NOWt Here are the members
of the grand jury. . .
Howard A. Hill, Medford.
Josiah 8. Hibbard, Butte Falls. .
Irving Porter, Ashland.
Wm. Barber, Ashland.
Mrs. Anne E. Carley, Medford.
Reed L. Charley, Brownsboro.
Leo B. Williams, Medford.
Are they members of the Medford gangt If evidence of
any wrong doing were brought before them not to mention
bribery, corruption or murder couldn't they be depended upon
to do the just, right and honest thing f
And if they can be so depended upon, then how can those
responsible for these charges, refuse to present NOW, every
scrap of evidence they have, to support those charges.
There is the grand jury. There are the charges criminal
charges. If those charges are not base slanders on this commun
ity, and every self respecting citizeu in it, NOW IS THE TIME
TO PROVE IT.
A ND trying to side-step this responsibility, by maintaining
there can be no justice in Jackson county until District
Attorney Codding is removed from office will not work. The
people of Jackson county KNOW George Codding. They know
that a more conscientious, hard working and absolutely honest
man, never occupied that office. They also know that no one
would welcome evidence of wrong doing more enthusiastically
than he, no one would be more anxious to clear up this gang
business than he for the charges reflect upon him more than
anyone else.
But even if this were NOT true, it would be no excuse for
the anti-gang crusaders, not presenting their evidence before
the grand jury at this time. For their demand to appear before
that grand jury could not be refused. And if they question
the honesty, integrity and fair dealing of the District Attorney,
their duty to present evidence supporting that charge to the
grand jury is as inescapable as their duty to present evidence
of all their other charges.
TO GENTLEMEN, the die is cast. This gang talk has been
going on now for nearly twenty yeara, and the time for the
final show-down has come. Certainly only slightly less guilty
than those who commit crimes, ARE THOSE WHO HAVE
EVIDENCE OF CRIMES AND REFUSE TO DIVULGE IT!
We appeal to the sense of justice and fair play of the
people of Medford and Jackson county if this is not true. We
also ask them in all seriousness if this also is not true:
THAT THOSE WHO ARE ADVERTISING MEDFORD
AND JACKSON COUNTV AS A PLACE WHERE LAW AND
ORDER HAS ABSOLUTELY
PRESENT THEIR EVIDENCE TO THE GR.ND Jl'RT NOW
IN SESSION, TO SUSTAIN TH VT CHARGE Oil FOREVER
AFTER HOLD THEIR PEACE.
facts,
the fundamental sense of justice
of Medford and Jackson county.
any specific problem, we know
depended upon to favor what is
the close of the primary cam
talk about corruption and de
community would cease. That
a Vigilance committee should
iniquity. Not only are crooks
but MURDERERS. "Killers
Jackson county, and will con'
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Medford and Jackson county in
charce aeainst the honor and
u v. j i -nr i. il
not arrived when the truth or
Qa rnaAa rnnnntaA afn-nA Vio
should not be established once
BROKEN DOWN, SHOULD
Today
' By Arthur Brisbane
The Automobile Capital.
The G, M, Laboratory,
Machines That Think,
Henry Ford's Telegram.
Copyright King Featurea Synd., Inc.
DETROIT, Mich., May 28.
Fine weather in the capital of
the world's automobile indus
try, f
The event looked forward to
at the moment is the annual
500 mile race that will start at
Indianapolis next Monday, Dec
oration day.
This year Edsel Ford will
drive the car that will start the
races. He will lead them
around the track once in a
twelve cylinder Lincoln, at a
moderate pace, about 70 miles
an hour, and start them after
one lap around the big saucer.
Mr. Erskine, president of the
Studebaker company, has en
tered five stock cars. Practical
ly all the others were built for
racing. General Motors and
Ford do not compete.
Captain Riekenbacker will
be there. No American should
forget him. Best of all the air
fighters we sent to Europe, he
represents the courage and skill
that this nation will need some
day.
On the wall of the General Motors
reeearch laboratory occupying an
entire building und the direction
of Charlea F. Kettering, you read
"The Death of a Theory la the Birth
of a Pact
Mr. Kettering should add to that,
for nobody knowa it better "The
birth of a sound theory sometimes
wipes out fallacies mistaken for
facta." For Instance the theory that
the earth goes round the sun wiped
out many accepted "facta."
In that admirable laboratory the
ories are born and transmlted Into
facta. You see a machine that can
look Into a mixture of metals and
tell what la In the mixture. With
that machine Archimedes could have
analyzed Hlero'a golden crown with
out ualng the Idea that occurred to
him In his bath.
There Is a machine, tfaat looks into
the centre of a steel axle and pho
tographs the slightest flaw.
There la a Neon lamp, mysterious
ly! synchronised with a wheel on a
shaft making two thousand revolu- I
tlons per minute, the light makea the
moving object apparently stand still, j
The shaft Instead of revolving so
rapidly you cannot see It. la appar
ently at rest, can even be made to
revolve, apparently, In the opposite
direction.
An application of that scientific
miracle may some day enable as
tronomers to study the fixed stars,
planet and our sun. as though they
were standing still.
In that same laboratory, music Is
sent over a beam of light to a dis
tant radio. There is no sound where
the beam starts, If you cut off the
light with your hand the music stops.
Near that transmission of music by
light you see an engine used for ex
periment with engine "knocking"
trouble. A knock that could be heard
two blocks ceasea when a certain
fluid Is added to the ordinary gaso
line. And, more wonderful, the knocking
when at lta worst, stopa Immediately
when a tiny uncorked bottle of a
certain chemical Is held before a pipe
leading to the knocking.
None of this chemical goes Into
the fuel. The engine simply "sniffs"
the odor, and stops knocking.
You have seen a lady brought out
of a faint by holding salt to her
nose. This Is the same thing In
mechanics.
Henry Ford had for his luncheon
party today, at the plant, his son
Edsel, Mr. Sorensen, his manager, Mr.
Cameron, M. O. Meigs commonly
known as "the Goliath of the Ameri
can Weekly," this writer and some
others. They all ate bread made of
soy because Mr. Ford experiments
with everything.
Mr. Ford who seemed not to have
the slightest Idea that we are all
"enjoying a depression was Inter
ested In showing about five hundred
antique steam engines, gas engines
and hot air engines to Mr. Metga,
who like himself, knows all about oil l
teed, wster pumps, valve (eara, auto
matic governors, and other mysteries.
aTverjr steam engine that was sver
run, from the first to the latest
Diesel product, la In Mr, Port's anti
que collection. Including even one ot
his own glsnt snglnee that turned
out tltteen million model T fords
He has not la bis collection the
Personal Health Service
By William
Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not to disease.
diagnosis or treatment, will be answered by Dr. Brady If a atamped eelf-ad-
, dressed envelope la enclosed. Letter,
i Owing to the large number of lettera
: here. No reply can be made to queries
areas or. William Brady In care of The
A CASE OF WALL
A girl of seven years died of some
mysterious Illness In England recent
ly. Th county analyst found 3.65
mg. of arsenic In her body. That Is
somewhere In the neighborhood of a
third of a grain. If I have not forgot
ten the metric measure. A third of
a grain of arsenic Is a whale of a
dose for even a big strong man. A
fairly safe medicinal dose of arsenic
Is one-hundredth of a grain.
In the sitting room of the home
where the girl had lived the analyst
found .that arsenic waa being given
off in gaseous form from the wall
paper, which was affected by mold.
Now I want all my mentors and
critics to note well that the arsenic
in this Instance entered the body In
the form of a gas, by Inhalation. It
was not absorbed thru the skin.
Nothing ever la absorbed thru the
skin If the skin Is not punctured,
blistered, scratched or otherwise
broken. This la true, no matter
whether It be a case of shoe dye
poisoning, nitroglycerin, T. N. T., dy
namite, duco, mercury, lead, ethyl
lead, wood alcohol, benzol, and des
pite the arbitrary inferences of small
time coroner's physicians and old
time medical authorities. I might
Include Professor Kahlenberg and his
boric acid trick In the general ruch,
only I'm still a wee bit wary of this
man his students all over the coun
try seem to worship the man, so I am
not yet ready to go to the mat with
him, but anyway he Is the only per
son of scientific standing I defer to In
this countroversy over the ability of
the skin to absorb things.
Samples of the wall paper In the
sitting room where the girl had lived
showed the presence of 8.3 parts of
arsenic per million. Where the mold
grew there were only 2 3 parts; In the
plaster there were 91 parts.
8 pores of the mold attach them
selves to the damp paper, grow vig
orously, and generate a gaseous form
of arsenic. That's how wall paper
poisoning happpens.
Arsenic la an ingredient in many
wall papers, In the Ink or color, es
pecially In green papers.
Other members of the girl's fam
ily were found to have traces of ar
senic in their blood, but not enough
to cause any serious trouble. Just
why the little girl absorbed and re
tained so much of It the report of
the case does not make clear.
Pathologist of Cardiff infirmary
states that probably the flour paste
used for putting on the wall paper
served aa a medium for the growth of
the mold, which liberated the arsenic
aa a gas.
The Jury gave a verdict of death
from dysentery, with arsenical pois
primitive engine supposed to have
run In the Seraplon at Alexandria
long before the birth of Christ. That,
probably no longer exists. If he
could find it he would make It run.
He has enough skilled mechanics,
restoring these old engines to equip
an ordinary large factory.
When this writer arrived at Dear
born this morning, Mr. Ford had Just
answered a telegram received from
L'Anse, Michigan, telling him that
the only bank at L'Anse had closed
and asking "won't you advance
seventy-five thousand" to start the
bank going again?
Mr. Ford'a reply which this writer
has his permission to print Indicates
that Mr. Ford thinks the kind of
bank that decides to die might as
well stay dead. He wired to the L'Anse
committee that had asked for seven
ty five thousand dollars as follows:
"We have hundreds of simitar re
quests and thus far we have not been
convinced that it la wise to support
a system that haa so lamentably fail
ed in protecting the savings which
working people have entrusted to It.
STOP the primary function of a bank
is to provide a place of safe deposit
and not to Jeopardize this In sny way.
8TOP It seems to me that the duty
of savings bank falls upon those
whose mlsjudgment Injured It. STOP
We have studied several communities
In these matters and find that they
do very well without banks as at
present managed. STOP A prosperous
bank too often nans a mortgage
community, and such prosperity Is
the forerunner of depression. 8TOP
"Lending money at high interest is'
no help to any community. STOP
Advise your people to plant their
gardens and work their farms and
dispel the fallacy that money can
make money. Henry Ford."
You will note with Interest that
Mr. Ford In hla telegram repeata the
advice so often given by Voltaire
cull I von, nna Jardlns. "Let us culti
vate our gardens."
Mr. Ford's telegrsra apparently does
not spplr to bsnks engaged In bank
ing that do not blow up.
Tou will learn with Interest that
following a bank explosion.
Tecumseh, Mich., haa had no bank.
A reliable man has been put In
charge of a safe that belonged to
the old bank. Citizens who wish to
depoelt money for safe keeping bring I
It to that safe, and get It out again
when they want It. Primitive, but
Tecumseh depositors know where
their money Is, and can get It.
Auto glass Installed while you wait
Prices rljht. Brill sheet Metal Work,
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GRANTS PASS K. V. Provolt pur
chased Applegate Valley Telephone
Co Ino.
Brady, M. D.
should be brief and written In Ink.
received only a few can be answered
not conforming to Instructions. Ad-
Mall Tribune.
PAPER POISONING.
oning aa a contributory cause.
Well, arsenic poisoning, when acute,
produces characteristic dysentery and
cholera-like symptoms.
Mild chronic arsenic poisoning Is
much more common than people gen
erally know. It occurs In various oc
cupations where arsenic Is handled In
one form or another, and It occurs
from exposure to arsenic In domestic
life. I am not going to describe the
symptoms of mild chronic arsenic
poisoning. But I may suggest a harm
less remedy. That Is a dainty dose of
sodium hyposulphite, say 20 grains.
In a half glassful of water, for eight
successive days In, each month.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Seventeen Cats.
Neighbors keep no less than 17 or
18 cats. Most or all of the cats have
some disease which keeps them con
stantly sneezing, coughing with a
film on their eyes and bunches on
their faces and throats, yellow pus
masses. These people are members of
a sect and they do not believe dis
ease occurs and they will have no
treatment. A veterinary physician
who saw these cats said he believes
they all have tuberculosis. What are
the dangers, If any, to human be
ings? Mrs. W. H. W.
Answer If it Is tuberculosis It Is
the bovine type, which Is not likely
to Infect human adults but may In
feet children, causing the bone and
lymphnode tuberculosis In young chll
"dren. The condition you describe
would seem to be a nuisance which
should warrant some investigation by
the local health board.
Beer Versus Milk.
What truth Is there in the testi
mony of an alleged expert before a
congressional committee that there is
almost aa much energy in beer aa In
good milk? H. M. D.
Answer Approximately the same
amount of truth In the assertion aa
there is energy In beer. A man could
n't drink the prodigious volume of
beer (many gallons) he would re
quire to furnish the energy for a
light day's work. The catch in the
propaganda is that little word AL
MOST. Fumes of Lime,
Can you tell me if Inhaling the
fumes of lime would be of benefit to
a person with T. B. A friend thinks
this Is helping him. Miss C. K.
Answer There Is an old theory
that persons Inhaling or ingesting
considerable lime are less likely than
others to develop tuberculosis, or that
persons who have the disease do bet
ter If they get more lime In one way
or another. I do not know any more
about it.
(Copyright John F. Dllle Co.)
Jenkins Comment
(Continued from Page One )
by making It Impossible to extend
the atreets over this strip of ground.
But It didn't work. Ways were
found to extend the streets as the
town grew, although where they cross
this strip a "Jog" in the streets Is
still to be found.
One wonders about this strip and
Inquires, thereby getting this story.
IOSEPHINE Is an Important mln-
Ing county, and thla year many
prospectors are In the hills. The gold
they bring In helps materially In
keeping business going.
Formerly the big outfits In Jose
phine county aent their gold output
direct to the mint In San Francisco,
and up to three yeara ago all gold
coming direct to the mint was re
ported as from California. Only the
gold coming Indirectly and In small
amounts was reported ss from Ore
gon. The government has odd ways of
doing many things, hasn't It?
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A E. Voorhles hss owned and
edited the Fogue Elver Cour
ier of Grants Pass, for 36 ' years;
which, he thinks, makea him the
dean of Oregon publishers.
A good editor, running a good
newspaper for a third of a century,
does a tremendoua lot for the ad
vancement of his community.
Grants Fsss Is a better town be
cause of A. E. Voorhles' 35 veers' of
service.
D ACK In the early nineties. Mr.
Voorhles waa working aa a
printer In Portland.
it took mm an nour and a half
to get from hla home to his work I
In the morning, traveling by street !
car with many transfers, and another !
hour and a half to get home In the !
evening.
Every Saturday night, he collected !
tie large sum of u in wsges. j
All the herd times aren't In these
days, are theyr
Beagle
BEAGLE, May 28. (Spl) Friendly 1
Neighbors met at the usual time on
Sunday with Grandma Parks as
leader. All enjoy the meeting when
Grandma leads. The specie! song by
Jack Elder and Mrs. Edler was also 1
enjoyed. j
Milton and Lawrence Scnderson )
spent Sunday at the Otto Prey home
at Lake Creek.
Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Young and
family of Willow Springs spent Sun- i
day evening visiting at the Sander
son home. I
Mr. Sweet and son Desmond, spent
Friday evening at the Clarence Case I
home listening to the election re
turns over the rsdlo.
People of this district took more
Interest in the prlmsry election this
year than for several years.
Mr. snd Mrs. Charles Moon and
family spent Sunday afternoon at
the Zuck home.
Mr. and Mrs. Sanderson and fam
ily and Mary Bollee attended the
party Saturday evening at the Grove
home on Reese creek.
Mr. Bedlngfleld end sons were here
Tuesday getting his stock that he
hss been pasturing on ths Davis
ranch and taking them near Cen
tral Point where they have recently
moved from Klamath Falls.
8everal of the cattle men here and
In the Mesdowa report losing some
of their young calves off the range
this spring.
Mrs. Dale Stokes visited her mother
Mrs. Nelson, Ssturdsy. She was ac
companied by her daughter Thelma.
w.ho Is staying this week with her
grandmother.
Mr. and Mrs. Lorls Sims snd baby
daughter of Same Valley visited Sun
day evening at the Nelson horned
Sams Valley
SAMS VALLEY, May 28. (Spl.)
Miss Elsie Straus returned Saturday
evening from completing her sixth
term of school at Coqullle. where
she has accepted a position for next
year. Miss Straus will spend part
of her vacation with her parenta,
Mr. and Mis. Dick Straus.
Registered voters here turned out
76 per cent election day. An un
usual coincidence In the balloting
this year among Democrats and Re
publicans revealed a vote on a 60
60 basis In this precinct. The pre
cinct has been, for many years pre
viously, Democratic.
Mrs. D. D. Huntress of Portland In
compsny with Mrs. Santord Richard
son of Beall Lane, Mrs. John Dodge
of Medford and Mrs. C. W. Sage of
Table Rock visited Saturday after
noon with their sister, Mrs. O. T.
Wilson.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Dodge and
children of Medford visited relatives
here Sunday.
Members of Sams Valley high
school, with Invited friends, enjoyed
a picnic In Ashland park Sunday.
Miss Erma May, who has made
her home at the Wilson place while
employed as teacher at Agate, re
turned to Ashland Tuesday with
her parents.
Phoenix
PHOENIX, May 38. (Spl) Neigh
bors of Woodcraft lodg- met Wednes
day at the Grange hall, with a good
attendance.
Mrs. Marie Furry was balloted on
for membership. The guard team
and captain led the entertainment.
Mrs. Lula Hamlin won high score,
and Mrs. Taylor low.
Bouquets were sent Mesdames Hazel
Bishop and Stennett, reported on the
sick list.
Mesdames Rosella Watt, Bertha
Coblelgh, Maude Wood and Lillian
Coleman, attended Neighbor of
Woodcraft lodge at Grants Pass on
Thursday evening, and reported a
good time. Dave Watt took the
ladles to Grants Pass, and Joined
In the social part of the program.
Mr. Milo returned from southern
California Sunday.
Phoenix Grange
Hears Story Of
Oil Development
PHOENIX. May 28. (Spl) Phoe
nix Grange met Tuesday and en
Joyed a good program, planned by
the agricultural committee. Mr.
Grey of the Standard OH company
was present and talked to the
Grangers. He presented a number
of slides giving the history of the
oil from the time It was discovered
in 1862, and used for kerosene, to
1900 when lta use as gasoline was
begun, to the present time. The
entire process of manufacturing gas
oline was shown, from the drilling
of a well to the time It wae placed
in the car for use.
A musical number was given by
Raymond Brownrlgg, Ed and Lewis
Putman, and Barns.
Two visitors, Mr. and Mrs. Wlgant
of Talent were welcomed. Mr. Wlgant
Is master of the Talent Grange.
Ladles of the Grange were divided
Into one group and the men Into
Another, each group made responsible
for a program to be presented during
the lecture hour of the Grange, and
a prize to be awarded to the group
having the best program. The ladles
will give their program at the second
meeting In June and the men at the
first meeting In July.
Next meeting of the Grange, June
14th, A. W. Shepherd will give a talk
on astronomy, which he will illus
trate with the use of charts snd the
blackboard.
The best clear Cedar Shingles. $3.00
per 1000. Regular M.00 shingles.
Medford Lumber Co.
In Memory of America's
Heroic Dead
Pierce Allen Motor Co.
Chevrolet Dealers
Will Remain Closed Memorial Day
(Medford and Jackson Couno
History from the Files ot the
Hall Tribune ot 80 and 10 Vear.
Ago.)
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
May 29. 1922.
(It was Monday.)
Ball game to be Athletic feature ot
prosperity week celebrstlon.
Babe Ruth hit another homer.
Three collisions In half a day at
Rock creek bridge.
Nlghtgowned flgurea reported
roaming around Central Point pas
ture. Ireland In the midst of civil war.
Hottest day of year with mercury
at 91.
Carnival company headed this way.,
Ashland modifies traffic law en
forcement to lure tourist travel.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
May 29. 1912.
(It was Tuesday. )
Whirr of mowers soon to bs heard
in hsyftelds of valley.
Need of better water supply for
city urged. Taxpayers protest Im
provement. President Taft and Roosevelt en
gage In bitter campaign, that severs
friendship of many years. Both claim
Republican nomination.
State attorney general arouses fish
ermen of valley by closed river decis
ion. Garden committed now ready to
Judge radishes planted by school chil
dren. People by vote of 306 to 166, ap
prove council plan to tack city no
tices on phone poles. Instead of print
ing them in newspapers.
Bear creek bridge bonds carry.
Communications
Perl Thanks Supporters.
To the Editor:
I wish to thank the Jackson county
votera for their generous support in
the primaries.
FRANK PERI.
Questions for Mr. Banks.
To the Editor:
You will find enclosed a copy of
a letter that I wrote Mr. L. A. Banks
editor of the Medford Dally News.
Also some questions I asked Mr
Banks to answer.
I sent these questions to him to
answer and he has refused to answer
them In his paper, and will not pay
any attention to them.
Will you please give me space in
your valuable paper for them, so that
the people of Jackson county way
know where I stand?
WILLIAM N. CARL,
Provolt, Oregon.
May 27, 1032.
My letter to Mr. Banks follows:
Provolt, Oregon, May 24, 1032,
Mr. Llewellyn A. Banks,
Editor Mcdrord Dally News,
Medford. Oregon.
Dear Sir: Your letter of Jan. 2T,
1932, atatlng "I approve cf your plat
form almost In its entirely," I asked
your opinion relative to my platform
In coming out as a candidate for ft
seat In the state legislature.
Will you please answer the follow
ing questions In your dally paper?
First. Please print In full a copy
of your letter you wrote me on Jan
27, last.
Second. I was the only one of the
candidates for the legislature who
answered your political questions and
you did not support me. Why not?
Third. Why did you support tha
utilities candidates, when you en
dorsed my platform opposing them?
Fourth. Why did you ask these
political questions?
Fifth. Now the primaries are over
let us have the names of this myth
ical gang you have been harping
about.
Sixth. Did you endorse any of the
so-called gang?
Seventh. You are now harping
about the new franchise the Califor
nia Oregon Power company is trying
to put over on the city of Medford.
Why don't you leave this problem to
your newly elected candidates to the
legislature, and you stay out of thla
mesa. Can't you trust your candi
dates after you endorsed them?
Yours truly,
WILLIAM N. CARL.
FORMER FERN VALLEY
RESIDENT SUCCUMBS
FERN VALLEY, May 38. The com
munity was saddened to hesr nt th
death of Clifford Hayman, In Cali
fornia May as. He formerly lived In
this neighborhood and Is a son of
Mrs. Edith Hnvman of Phnnt mri
a nephew of Mrs. A. B. Terns.